Lawn-sprinkler support



LAWN SPRINKLER SUPPORT Filed April 16, 'l924 ZVVE/W'di: /2 Mum a Hal/0.

EVA 721W Patented Sept. 29, 1925.

UNITED STATES MITSUYEI I-IOJO, OF PALMS, CALIFORNIA.

LAWN-SPRINKLER- SUPPORT.

Application filed April 16, 1924. Serial No. 706,923.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MITsUYEI How, a subject of the Emperor of Japan, residing at Palms, in the county of Riverside and State of California, have invented a new and useful Lawn-Sprinkler Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for holding a lawn sprinkler in desired positions, and which may be set up and adjusted a various angles and at different heights, for the purpose of directing the spray from the sprinkler to different places to irrigate preferred sections of a lawn.

The object of means for adjusting the support in desired angles, and at different heights for irrigating the respective level portions and the uneven portions of a lawn, and particularly means for adjustment whereby an embankment or other raised portion of a lawn may be irrigated.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved lawn sprinkler support, showing the sprinkler clamped in position within the holding elements. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the main standard. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the clamp portion showing the same in engagement with a sprinkler. Fig. 4; is a fragmentary detail view showing the device with the sprinkler removed therefrom.

Referring to the drawings, numeral 11 designates the principal leg or support which is preferably made of steel, and provided with a pointed lower extremity 12, and an angularly projecting lug 13, at the upper end 14:. The part 11 is adapted to telescope within the tubular portion 15, which has a longitudinal slot 16, provided on one edge with a series of notches 17, adapted to engage with lug 13. This arrangement pro vides a means for adjusting the device to any desired height within the limits of the ad justing means.

On the upper end of the tubular portion is mounted a plate 18, having an upwardly projecting extremity or arm 19, and a proj ecting portion 20 in opposed relation thereto. A cover 21, is provided With an arm 22, which is pivotally connected to arm 19.

the invention is to provide.

latch member 23 is swivelly mounted in the front portion 24 of the plate, and its upper extremity 25 is adapted to engage with the projecting portion 24 of the cover 21, being retained in position by projections 29, on the cover.

A collar 26 is swivelly mounted relative to the body portion 15, and a supporting leg 27 is hingedly connected to the collar. This arrangement provides means for adjusting the device at any angle, and the leg 27 serves as an additional supporting means to maintain the main supporting elements in a rigid position. In use, the sprinkler 28 is placed in position, and clamped therein by bringing the cover to position over the top of the sprinkler, and then forcing the sliding latch element 23 into engagement with the portion 2 1, of the retaining cover. The pointed end of leg 11 is then forced into the ground, and the tubular body adjusted relative to height, by placing the lug 13 in engagement with a notch 17. The supplementary supporting leg 27 is then forced into the ground.

From the foregoing it may be seen that I have provided a simple and eflicient device for supporting a lawn sprinkler in various positions for efficiently irrigating a lawn, and for irrigating embankments or other uneven surfaces in a lawn.

Analogously, this device may be employed for supporting a hose, and may be employed in connection with fire hose. The legs are sharpened and may therefore be forced into a roof, or floor, or ground, and the device thus serves as a brace against th reaction of the hose.

The above details embody the preferred form of my invention, but I do not wish to be limited thereto and contemplate employing any modifications thereof that may fall within the scope of the invention.

"What is claimed is:

A lawn sprinkler support, comprising a main supporting leg, a pointed extremity on the leg adapted for insertion in the ground, a lug projecting angularly from the top of the main leg, a tubular body arranged A to telescope with said main leg and having a longitudinal slot and a series of notches the arm of the top plate, and a latch eletherein adapted to engage with said lug, a ment swivelly mounted in the front extremi- 10 collar swivelly mounted on the tubular body, ty of the top plate and adapted to engage a supplementary supporting leg hingedly with the cover in clamping position.

5 connected to said collar, a top plate carried In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my by the tubular body, an arm integral with signature. the top plate, a cover including an integral arm, said arm being hingedly connected to MITSUYEI HOJO. 

